AN EVALUATION ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE QURAN IN TATAR LANGUAGE BY MUSA CARULLAH (1875 ? 1948) / MÛSÂ CÂRULLÂH’IN (1875-1948) YAPTIĞI TATARCA KUR’ÂN TERCÜMESİ ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

The interpretation of the Quran in the Tatar language, known as the lost interpretation since the years, by Musa Carullah of Tatar Turks has been studied in this paper. Because, Musa Carullah was widely influential in not only his lands, but also the broad geography from India to Finland; from Siberia to the North Africa in his era. His interpretation of the Quran is deserved to be studied for that he was a personality trying to solve the problems of the Muslims in the light of the Quran and Sunnah at every phase of his life. As known, approach of Musa Carullah to some topics of Kalam (science of discourse), Tafsir (interpretation of the Quran) and the Usûl al-Tafsir (method of interpretation) was beyond the research. According to his own expression this study that his interpretation of the Quran doesn't reflect general characteristics of his other works. When we examine it, the effects of classical sources of tafsir in the work will be clearly seen. Although it is said that it will not enter into discussions about kelamî and fıkhî trying to explain huruf-ı muqattaa is a novelty for the work. Briefly, as expressed by him, he benefited comprehensively from all the previous Tafsir sources and didn't go beyond the literal meaning of the words. He remained far from the approach which could cause dispute. In the linguistic regard, the language of his interpretation is more fluent than that of the past interpretations. He has used complete sentences rather than broken sentences in his interpretation. When we examine it in terms of man-made form, it will be seen that there are some mistakes in the numbering of the verses. These mistakes are naturally reflected in the verse numbers of the surahs.